Image of Japan's new hypersonic antiship missile leaked

[Haijun watcher]

Another addition to the JSDF arsenal, aside from the recent announcement of the approval to buy 105 F-35s, of which 42 are the short-takeoff and landing version:

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Japan�s Vice Defense Minister leaks image of new hypersonic anti-ship missile
July News 2020 Navy Naval Maritime Defense Industry
10 July 2020
Japanese Deputy Defense Minister Tomohiro Yamamoto accidentally shared the picture of the lethal missile himself after visiting the Research Center for Aviation and Rocket Technology, situated close to Tokyo.

Development work of this new missile began in 2019 and is set to be completed in the 2030s. ATLA (Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency) is currently in the development phase of the scramjet engine along with local company Mitsubishi Heavy Industries which won a contract for the prototype engine research. The hypersonic guided missile is able to attack both ships or ground targets.
The new missile, qualified as "game-changer" by the Japanese Ministry of Defense's agency, aims to be powered by a Dual-Mode Scramjet engine (DMSJ), a combination of ramjet and scramjet (supersonic combustion ramjet) engines, to fly at a wide range of speeds, including hypersonic speeds of Mach 5 or higher.(..END EXCERPT)

[shipclambake]

Nice, Thats going to need a special ship to launch.